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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19,1907. PRESIDENT KAVANAUGH PROMISING TROUBLE FOR ATLANTA MOGULS NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS When Billy Smith left Wednesday afternoon for Cincinnati, from which point he begins his scouting trip througii the O. and P. league, he left with a monumental task to perform. llis pennant-winning team of 1907 has been absolutely shot to pieces. Catcher Smith was sold to the Philadelphia Americans. Catcher Sweeney was sold to the New York Americans. Pitcher Castleton was turned back to the New York Ameri cans, to which club he belonged. Pitcher Zeller was sold to the New York Americans. Pitcher Spnde was drafted by the Cincinnati Nationals. Third Baseman Dyer was turned back to the Cincinnati team, to which he belonged. Left Fielder Paskert was sold to the Cincinnati Nationals. Right Fielder Becker was turned back to the Cincinnati Na tionals, to which team he belonged. On the face of the returns Hilly Smith has lost eight of the fourteen members of his last year’s team. But it is not quite as bad ns it looks. Ed Sweeney went to the New York Americans with a pro vision that he would be returned to the Atlanta team provided he failed to make good and provided waivers could be secured on him. And this practically means that Sweeney will be with Atlan ta next year. Clark Griffith docs not need any backstops for next year and presumably only wishes to keep a line on tins cracking good young catcher. Sweeney will presumably come to Atlanta with the Yankees and work out with them during the spring. Blit it is not likely that he will ever leave for New York. Consid ering his youth and his none-too-high batting average Inst year, he can doubtless be yanked through the waiver lines by Billy Smith. So that means that Smith will have to round up only one catcher, and it is possible that he has the right man in McMtir- ray, the man he bought from San Antonio. Castleton will certainly stick with the Yankees next' year. But there is a possibility that Zeller may be turned back. Doubt less Clark Griffith will give Bill Smith another pitcher to cinch his grounds for 1909, and this man may be Zeller. Dyer will probably come hack to Atlanta provided Bill Smith wants him. And on the strength of his playing during the latter part of the year Bill will doubtless clamp down on the Massachu setts man. While in Cincinnati on the present trip Smith will linve a talk with Garry Iferrmann, owner of the Cincinnati club, and will probably close with the Red mogul for Bill’s services. Of course waivers will have to be secured on Dyer, but this ought to bo easy. Becker is another man who will almost certainly be with At lanta next year, even though he was sold bnck to Cincinnati. This sale was a mere formality and undoubtedly, Jesse will bo “waived” out of the big lengues and turned over to Atlanta for good before next season opens. Bill Smith hns Ford and Mackenzie left over from this yenr’s § itching staff. Also he has bought Viebahn from Columbin, S. C. chopp also belongs to Atlanta anil will doubtlessly bo used regu larly next year. This gives Smith four pitchers to begin on, and threo of them he knows he can depend on. Jim Fox will bo back nt first base, of course; and the same is true for Otto Jordan. Maybe Smith will sign n new Infieldcr and this man will doubtless get a trial against Dyer and Castro for their positions. But it would not bo surprising to see the Atlanta infield exactly the same next year ns it was this. With Becker and Winters back, only Paskert’s place needs to be filled and Bill Smith can doubtless round up a fast, linrd- hitting man for the position. Every mnn on the Atlanta tnnin was reserved by Manager Smith at the end of the season, in addition to Dunlap nnd Brack en. The former was bought by Atlanta two years ago nnd hns never reported. The bitter was drafted from Rending, but at present he is working nt his trade in Kent, Ohio. Neither of the men is ever expected to report, but both arc reserved as a for mality. It is possible that a Memphis player may be on the Atlanta line-up next year. One of them is nt liberty—one of the stars nt that—and he may be picked up by Manager Smith. Atlanta will draft ns many men out of the P. and Oj league ns look good. The rest of the gaps will be filled up by purchases next spring from the big league clubs. Bill Smith has been given permission to go as far as he likes in buying players and he will go the limit to get another pennant-winner. j BEHIND THE TIMES, j By THE TELEPHONE MAN. Now, If after three monthn of tolling the baseball scores over the ’phone, and If. three days after the season closed (and ^lanta had won the pen nant) the ’pnone should ring and a person would ask If It was The Geor gian and he or-she (this happened to be a "she") should—speaking In a voice that would tame the "roughest" man In the community—ask, "What Is the score?” wouldn’t It Jar you? It did me. TBACY. Ban Johnson Is expected to give a ruling this week on a problem submit ted to him by the Cleveland club while It was In Chicago on the trip Just com pleted. Has an umpire the right to say that a catcher shall not use dirt In his glove when catching a spit ball pitcher? That’s wh.it Manager Lajole and Catcher Nig Clarke waqt to And out. Over in Detroit Vmplre Connolly rail ed at Clarke all through the game In which IJebhardt and Clarke worked. Every time one of the damp balls went crashing Into Ntg’a glove a little cloud of dust would be raised. No one ex cept Connolly paid any attention, nnd he kept telling Nig to stop loading hi.* glove with dirt. As a result Nig lost his temper and was bounced from the game, which was finally lost. Clarke claims that a little handful of sand or dust tn his glove absorbs the moisture on the ball and makes It possible to handle it cleanly If It Is necessary to make a quick throw.—Cleveland Press. There’ll be no holding of Billie Smith next season'since the Firemen won the pennant this year. It Is safe to bet that he’ll put on more "slag" than Sir *Arry did the present one.—New Or leans States. Hats off to the "Bush Leaguer" next year. Many pitchers whose names appear on the roll of honor In no-hit games, says the New York Press, are dead— Corcoran, Galvin, Radbouxpe, Hawke, Porter and Seward being among the men who have crossed the great divide. John Clarkson Is In an asylum In Mich. Igan. hopelessly insane, and others of the one-ilme wonders -lave disappeared entirely from view. Of those who re tired Ward Is a lawyer, Richmond a Physician In Ohio, Rusle a trenbh dig ger In Indiana, Donahue a boniface In Philadelphia, Kilroy a saloon keeper in the same city, Hahn u surgeon In Unto, Callahan a club owner In Chi- LOOKS LIKE A REGULAR GIANT $40,000 IF SOX WIN OUT Chicago, Sept. 19.—Charley Comlakey, proprietor of the American League team, hae announced that he will divide $.0,000 among the White Sox In the event they overcome the big odds agalnat them and capture the pennant. He saya that t.0,000 would be a small i. ' V ■*. * % N. ■ *■ **£. 1 • T.-r- / * AMh C» CATCHER HARRY CURTIS. Here it a promising recruit for the Giants. McGraw hat alrsady tested Curtis in regular games behind the bat and la well pleeeed yvith hie work. Curtis will undoubtedly be with ths team when it goee South next epring. reward for them If they go over the route now before theiff nnd land the pennant. Last season when they won at home he divided a small fortune among the players and this season he offers an even greater reward. ALL OF THEM EASY FOR US Crackers Won Majority of Games From Every Club But Memphis. IS ATLANTA CLUB DUE A BIG FINE? President Kavanaugh, in Interview, Threatens to Soak Atlan'a if Bonus Was Paid Players.' 1 FOOTBALL TEAMS PRACTICING HARD Tech Men Are Going Strong—Bob Blake Talks of the Prospects at Vanderbilt. The. weather thene days does not make strenuous football practice the mont fun ever, but for all that the teams In Dixie are now working hard, though only a few of the many col leges which have football teams have begun their terms ns yet. The practice at Tech Park Wednes day was good and the players are be ginning to hurden up some and to get In shape for the gruelling games of the season. Presumably Tech will Have the only team—outside of the prep schools—to represent Atlanta this year. No. Y. M. C. A. Ttam. The Young Men’s Christian Associa tion has practically decided to pass up football. Physical Director Weems says: "1 am doing what I can to dis courage football nt the Y. M. C. A. I do not consider ft a game for any thing but schools and colleges. The kt in fJbi cago, who gives employment to Mlk« Dunlin; King a bricklayer In St. LouK i and Morris, the proprietor of a billiard • hall In Pittsburg. Henley, Hughes. Breltensteln ami Kason have tumbled Into the minor lengues, while these taxmen remain on the major league circuits: Young FhlUfppe, Willis. Muthewson, Fraser, Lush, Pfeifer, Tan- nehtll, Frank Smith and Dineen. I (Mark Griffith denies the rumors tha*. j he is to be replaced by George Davis ns manager of the Yankees. Manager Griffith is not nt ull pleased with the; stories of his being superseded in the ! management of the Yankees that seem i to emanate from Chicago with such regularity whenever the Yankees are In the Windy City. Said he: "Some of you fellows will coat me my Job If you don’t look out. That story from Chicago originated from the same source that mad? me have cancer of the stomach not long ago, and there Is no more truth In that story than In George Davis coming here as manager and to be traded for Elberfeld. As far. as I am concerned personally, such rumor? do not bother me overmuch, but they •have a bad effect on my players. 1 know for a fact that Mr. FRrrell Is Just as determined now us ever he .van not to trade, release or sell Elberfeld. and he has said that he would not sell him for 150,000. That ought to settle the altafr as far as Elberfeld is concerned." —Exchange. j A BOB BLAKE. Captain of the Vanderbilt team itntl ull-Southern end. Tech melt, far example, are out al ready anti hardening- up for the hard work ahead of them. It we get up a team we can not practice oftener than twice a week, and we can not begin doing that until late tn the season. In conaequence our men are eofl when they go Into gamea and are too liable to be hurt." Whether or not there will be any profenilnnal performances remain* to be seen, hut the efforts along that line luat year were hardly successful enough to call for any further gnmea. That will mean that Tech and the prep achool teams will hold the center of the stage In Atlanta, though, of course, there la always the deepeat lo cal Interest In the teams at Georgia, Vanderbilt, Auburn. Clemson and the other colleges of this section. Vandy’t Praip.ets, Bob Blake, captain of the Vander bilt-football team and as good an‘end man. If not the best,-ever developed In the South, was in Atlanta the other day, and while, here he gave his view, on Vanderbilt's prospects!’ "The outlook Is not quite as gloomy as It seemed at Qrst," said Bob. "We have only six old men back. They an Stone, renter; Craig, right half; Cos- ten. quarter; Vaughn Blake, left end; McLain, left guard, und myself. I sup. pose I shall play right end again, ai 1 did last Season. . "Our new tnen look promising enough. Campbell,-from Branham and Hughes School,' of Spring Hl|l, Is a strong player und ought to, make a good half back. He has played with some St. Louis prep team. Alexander Is another Branham and Hughes man, who may be used either at fullback or In the line. Hall Is another man who may do us some good. He Is a third- year ‘Medic* and played prep school football In Texas somewhere. "The only substitute player of last year who will be buck Is Morrison, who was understudy for the back field Job*. He Is light—something like 16u pounds, I think—but fast. "Only one scrub team man who hat say great promise will be back. He Is Souby. He played fullback on the Bowen team and Is likely to got a trial at tackle." Bob Blake's main object in coming to Atlanta was to persuade Williams, the Gordon star, to go to Vanderbilt. And fn this he was successful. Williams seems to have made an In stantaneous hit In Nashville. The Tennessean says of him: “The new men Included Stewart, Marx and Mitchell, from University departments, nnd Williams, the crack half back of the Gordon Institute elev en from the red hills of Georgia. Wil liams is a likely looking candidate, weighing about 160. fie Is fast and knows a lot of football, which combi nation Is sure to help his cause. “A temporary line-up wa* whirled up and down the field, with Williams and Vaughn Blake at halves. Morrison at fullback and Costrn at quarter. Wil liams showed right off the reel that the dope on his speed was correct, as he proved to be fast at starting and very active In every way, handling himself nicely.'* The appended table, according to The Little Rock Gazette, shows that Atlanta won the pennant by all-around effec tiveness rather than by winning from the weak clubs. The team's best show. Ing was made against Little Rock, hav ing won fourteen and lost five. They were not defeated In the serlea with any club, having won all but those from Memphis, New Orleans and Birming ham, with whom they tied. Memphis won the series from all the clubs ex cept Little Rock, to whom they lost, and Atlanta, with whom they tied. Little Rock was effective against every elub except Atlanta. They also lost the series tn Montgomery, although by a slight margin. They won more than half their gomes with all other clubs. Their best showing was against Shreveport. They won eleven and lost seven. New Orleans won from Birmingham, Montgomery and Nashville, tied with Atlanta and Shreveport and lost to Memphis «nd Little Rock. Atlanta . .. ..| 9|10 14|10|12|11|12|7S|.591 Memphis. .| 9|..|12| 9|UJU| 9|12|73|.BS7 New O. . . .1101 51..I 911311011 It 111691.515 Little Rock. 6|lo|loi.. 11 11 9 10 66 .500 Birmingham. 10 9 7 8 .. 11 10 1165.475 Shreveport |..| 6| S|10| 7| 9|..|13|«3|.470 Montgomery 6 9 8 10 10 8 .. 9 60 .462 Nashville .. 8 8 8 9 9 7 10 .. 69.431 Lost . . . 54 68165 66 73 70 69 78 II TO ESCAPE BEATING "UNK" FOULS VAN HORN. Columbus, Ohio, Sept. 19.—In the seventh round of What was to have been a IB-round bout between "Unk" Russell, at Philadelphia, and Howard Vun Horn, of Columbus, Russell de liberately fouled Van Horn repeatedly, finally hitting him In the groin, injuring him so he could not proceed. The de cision went to Van Horn on the foul. The fight was a whirlwind affair from start to finish. Russell appeared to be good In only one round. He was a badly whipped man when the foul oc curred. That the Atlanta Baseball .Assocla- tlnn Is liable to a fine provided it can be proved that the association gave the players of the team a 32,500 bonus for winning the pennant, Is the statement made by Judge Kavanaugh. Here la what The Memphis Cominer clal-Appeal says: Little Rock, Ark., Sept. 16.—If, as has been reported, the Atlanta baseball club has offered a cash bonus to be distrib uted among players of the team In case they won the pennant.-that club Is like ly to find Itself In serious difficulties with President Kavanaugh. , “I am In clined to believe that reports of thf club having offered bonus are misleading,” said President Kavanaugh. "I sincere, ly hope so, for I would regard such conduct ns unsportsmanlike. "But If. upon Investigation. It Is found that the club did offer a bonus to players, I shall recommend to the board of directors that the Atlanta club toe fined to the full extent provided by the constitution. The giving of a bonus Is plain violation of the salary limit. It Is. also prohibited by rules of the national commission and If this report should be true, Atlanta will find Itself In difficulties witlf that body also." President Kavanaugh will Investigate the rumors that Atlanta e'ffered money to pitchers of the teams that were op posing Memphis. "I do not believe that these reports were true," said h*. “t|ut If they were 1 could not express tny disapproval too strongly. In my opinion this is nearly as bad as It would be to hire players to throw games and a man who would accept money for winning them I be lieve would also accept It for throwing them.” Can't Prove Conspiracy. "It Is a mistake," said one member of the Memphll. when asked about the report that pitchers had been reworded by cash donations for pltthlng out of their turns against the Memphll. "about pltohera being offered money to pitch out of their regular order to bent I don't think that any member of the Memphis train could say positively that he knew- that money was being offered to the pitchers to pitch out of tlvlr turns. But they certainly got Induce- ments to win games. I'd like to have for my next two months' expenses the amount, that Wilhelm got for beating us In his two games at Birmingham Maxwell was also 'salved.' of course there Is no way to prove this. There will neyer.be any way to prove nnv- thlng of this sort. But for three week, prior to the close of the pennant ra.-e pitchers, the best the opposing clubs could get. .were sent against us, re gardless of their regular turns to pitch. We thought we were as popular as the Atlanta club. We still bellevd we are But you kpow money makes the mon go. and thht may have been the real Inducement behind the whole works." President Dickinson of the local as sociation said, when shown the above article: "We do not care to go Into any new-s- Ijaper discussion of whether or not we ■•aid the team a bonus for winning the pennant. The association has tried tn give the people of Atlanta clean sport and we are willing to leave the verdict to them without argument. "If the league president or the league directors have anything to ask us In regard to the matter we shall be very pleused to tell them all we know and I am confident that we can show them that the pennant was won fairly and squarely and without any violation of nny of the limits. "As for the charge that the local as sociation paid any pitchers or players to win games from Memphis, that Is absolute rot." "WILD AND SAVAGE" ARE THESE "INJUN" PLAYERS If you overlook the performance of the Cherokee Indians at Piedmont park Thursday, Friday and Saturday after noons you will undoubtedly miss a good bit. These wild men are the genuine goods—none of your Norcum, Zimmer, Bender, hatf-clvfilxed animals, but the real wild stuff. The manager guaran tees them as the only simon-pure ar ticle. and they certainly are. One look at them will convince you. Another look and you will not envy the umpire hie fob. Last night a few of the red sk(ns strayed away from the big pale ftfce brother who watchps over them as a great father, and raised progressive hades down Decatur street and back again. In consequence, the manager pays us a call this morning with the following notice. Not being up on the law-, we cun't vouch for It. but here It le any- -ay: "Not(ce.to saloon-keepers: It Is against the law to sell whisky to Indians. Anyone caught - selling whisky to these Indians while In this city will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. , "GEORGE FRENCH. "Manager." The mannger has guaranteed to keep the bunch straight for the rest of their stay here, nnd says that the games will begin every afternoon at 2:30, as scheduled. First, will come a game of lacrosse between the Wolftown nnd the Rig Cove teams, and that will be fol lowed by a game between the Cherokee t paid 30c for a want advertisement In The Gcorglnn for somelssly to do embroidery: 22 women answered It. 30c for n want ad. su.l a 40c box of Wiley's candy free. baseball team and a picked team of local players. j Standing of the Clubs. I American. CLOB8- pissed. Won. Lost. F. Philadelphia ftj 8S J! -fU Befrolt * *' 5; ™ Chlrniro ...... 187 HO 5« (Mo vela ml 1* S '!r» Now York 133 J3 iJJ *ji! WiiNliliitfton ..... 131 80 .333 National. CLUBS— Played. Won. Loaf. Chicago -••••• P.C. 135 I’lttnliurg New York . . I'lillndolphln Brooklyn riiichinatl . • • • e . 135 Boston St. Louis 135 133 /'»> 71 WEDNESDAY'S RE8ULTS. American.' Washington 2, Boston 1. Cleveland 2, 8t. Loul. 0. Chicago 3, Detroit 2 lllrst game). Detroit 3, Chicago : (second game). National, New York 10. Boston 2. Chicago 2. Cincinnati 1. Virginia State. Richmond 6. Norfolk 2 <!lf*r w*m«|* Norfolk 4. IlIrhmoiiilO tsrcoiifl game). GAME AT MACON. Macon, Ga.. Bept. 19.—Magnolia Street and No. 4 Engine Company''' baseball teams of this city. " 'i'PVi at Central City, l*rk September 24 for the benefit-of the Macon Hospital. They are good teams and a nire game la expected. ATLANTA’S FIRST PENNANT WINNERS; HOW IT WAS DONE AND MEN WHO DID IT By CLIFFORD HORTON. CHAPTER III. Race* of 1886. The season bf 1884 began on Thurs day, April 15, with the following teams playing each other: Atlanta at Charleston; Nashville at Augusta; Memphis at Macon; Chat tanooga at Savannah. The flowing were the winners on the first and second days of the race: Atlanta. Augusta, Macon, Savannah. The fololwlng Is the line-up of the teams: ‘ Atlanta— Cline, shortstop; Purcell, left field; Moore, center field; Lynch, right field; Lyons, third base; Strieker, second base; McDonald, first base; Shaffer, pitcher; Ounson. catcher. Charleston—Say, shortstop; Stroth ers, right field; McAller, left field; Brosnan, second base: Powell, first base; Holland, third base; Gilmore, center field; Weyhlng, pitcher; McNeil, catcher; Conway, catcher. Savannah—Collins, right field; Mo- riarity, left field; Hotal|ng. renter field; Strelt. second base: Field, firet base; Miller, shortstop; Mortality, pitcher; Murray, third base; Gillen, catcher. Chattanooga—Graham, center field; Malhals, shortstop; Dickinson, first base; Croas,*third base; Pierce, second base; Lewis.' first base. - Belly, right field; Arundel, catcher; Hart, pitcher. Macon—Stearns,’111112 basei Corcoran, third base; Harter, catcher; Pelts, left field; Decker, center field; Walslt, shortstop; Miller, pitcher; Malay, right field; Gelss, second base. Memphis—Black, left field, Sneeds, shortstop; Andrews, first base; Lorrtn. center field; Whitehead, third base; Fusselbah, catcher; Bradley, center field; Phelan, second base; O'Leary, pitcher. Augusta—Hogan, left field; Harbrle, right field; Kappcll, third base; Sly- vester, center field; Phillips, shortstop; Manning, second base; Sutcllff, catch er; Bearden, pitcher; Parker, first base. Nashville—Mann, center field; Golds- by, left field; Hllley, third base; Saw ders, right field; Beard, shortstop; O’Brien, first base; Blttman, second base; Baber, pitcher; Shatclsse, catch er. From the start of the race It could be seen that Savannah had a strong team and would be a contender for the pennant. The fight was mainly be tween Atlanta and Savannah all the way. The Atlanta club Jogged along around second and third place until about the middle of May, then Jumped Into first place and was never once headed, although Savannah put up a game fight. Savannah led the league from the beginning of the season until the middle of May. Then the Atlantas took the lead. Nashville also had a good "club-In the field and she played good ball through out the entire season. The following was the 'etdndlng on May 23: W. L. Pc. Atlanta ...... » . 16 9 .640 Savannah . . 15 9 .625. Nashville 14 12 .638 Augusta ' 14 13 .619 Macon . . . . .13 14 .481 Memphis 13 14 .481 Chattanooga ..... 10 15 .400 Charleston 8 17 .320 The Atlanta team strengthened her club from the beginning of the season until the campaign was over. Char1 p » Morris, a pitcher. Joined the team on Monday. July 24, and made good wltn a rush. Atlanta was leading the " July 25. Savannah was pushing Atlantan hard. Atlanta's standing .623 and Savannah's .618. Augusta n Chattanooga, had no possible . finishing anywhere around the top. - they were throwing games to the . ■ vannah aggregation by the wholesale r °The Atlanta club ’ played a gr»"J game from July 23 to August 10. locals won 16 straight games. f>a- vllle broke the winning streak count of 7 to 6. j—„ n eJ Chattanooga and Augusta dropped out of the league °" Au ^‘, st , h l 2 ,'. acre managers of the clubs said they , not making money and they could afford a losing aggregation. . The Atlanta and Savannah club* h|> a big row about the end of the which resulted In Savannah forfeiting her franchise. ,,n Savannah refused to-play AttanM August 22. The Savannah ptaye”” fused even to go out to the llie Atlanta men went out, and. alter usual wait of half an hour, the K was forfeited to Atlanta. The Atlanta club cinched nant on August 28. and after that was easy sailing. _ , ; The season closed on September The following was the way the> Atlanta «] ” Savannah ....... 54 *t <r Nashville « ** 4 V, 1! 50 Charleston ?! Macon • “ ' I TiIE END.